"Fionna!! No!! Don't you do this to me, Fionna!!! Dammit, don't you die on me!!!" I heard him sobbing as I drifted in and out of consciousness. "Marshal..." I felt my mouth automatically say. it was dry and painful to speak or move. I was losing a lot of blood. I'm.... "Gonna die.." i finished my thought aloud. Marshals face contorted with pain and fury. then everything became black...
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I stared in horror and agony as I watched her slowly slipping away. My beautiful, precious Fionna. I got her killed. This was my fault. A sob wracked my body painfully, and I felt a gentle, stern hand on my shoulder. I turned to see my mother, Queen of the Nightosphere, staring down at me with a tenderness I'd never seen. "Marshal..." She mumbled kindly,"you have two choices...let her die, or turn her. While it is up to you, my son, I personally would turn the young human. You.... You love... Love her. More than anything else I've ever seen you love."
I brushed a drop of blood from Fionnas cheek, leaving a crimson streak behind.
"I'm going to turn her. I have to. I can't ... I can't live without her. Not for eternity." I brushed the golden hair from her neck, her hat long since destroyed. Then I sank my fangs into her throat, drinking the Ruby colored liquid until her body was nearly empty, then bit my own wrist, letting the blood pour into her mouth as I chanted,"c'mon baby, c'mon, just drink... I love you Fionna ... Don't leave me!"
I sensed my mother leave. I didn't bother to turn around or say goodbye. I didn't care. My whole world, all my attention, was Fionna. This was all gonna work out.
I felt my wrist heal, and Fionna coughed and choked.
Her eyes fluttered open.
"Nngh.... Marshal?"
They were the crimson red of a vampire. Her skin began to grow pale, paler than her human pale, and dark shadows covered her eyelids. She was ... Beautiful. And she was a demoness. A Vampire Queen.
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